Duncan bent down to check.

It was indeed the nun—the one who had been talking to Duncan and Shirley not long ago, and who was theoretically praying in the main hall.

But now she was lying here, dead near the entrance to the underground sanctuary, and until the moment Duncan pushed the door, she was dead against the door.

It seemed to be blocking something from entering the Underground Sanctuary, but judging by her state before she fell, it seemed like she was fighting to the death against something in the Underground Sanctuary, and she closed the door before she died to prevent it from escaping out of the Underground Sanctuary.

"It seems...... It's like a ...... who just died."

Shirley was also bold at this time, and she poked her head behind Duncan to look, and it took two or three seconds before she cautiously spoke.

"yes, it looks like he's just been dead, and it's even ......," Duncan said, putting his hand on the nun's arm, "and even the temperature." ”

The corpse at the entrance to the underground sanctuary was still warm, and the blood on its scarred body had not dried up, which even gave Duncan the feeling that the battle in the basement was going on when he and Shirley first stepped into the church, and that the nun was still alive at the time, even ...... By the time he and Shirley began to explore the church, the nun was still breathing.

But this is not possible.

This church has been abandoned for eleven years, and a transcendent vision that happened in the city-state of Plain was also eleven years ago, if this church is really a "key node" in the veil, then everything here should have happened and ended eleven years ago, the nun who fought until the last moment in the underground sanctuary...... It is impossible to breathe now.

Duncan's expression was serious, and he slowly stood up, his eyes on the other side of the door.

The underground sanctuary of the community church was just a spacious basement, as he had thought, and there was no light in the church, not even the oil and gas lamps that were supposed to ward off evil spirits, but only the light that was now shining through the door illuminated the inside, and in the dim darkness, a statue of the goddess could be seen standing quietly in the center of the basement, and on both sides of the sanctuary were lined with columns hanging scripture curtains, and niches for storing the sacristy.

Duncan stepped over the nun's corpse, searching the basement for signs of the battle, and he saw the dents in the walls and pillars, the craters of bullets, and the marks of flames, all of which were supposed to be left over from the battle.

But he did not find the "enemy", the "invader" that the nun had fought so hard before she died in battle.

He turned his head and looked at the dark hound that was following Shirley, looking around cautiously with his head down, "Dog, what can you see?" ”

"Traces of a severely distorted space-time...... It doesn't seem to have the 'reality overlapping' anomaly of the surface churches here, but in fact, the distortion of time and space is more serious than anywhere else," Ah Dog said in an extremely serious tone, as the only transcendent expert in the three "human" squads, its analysis was obviously much more organized than Duncan's blind guess, "The entire underground sanctuary in my eyes is shrouded in a layer of mist, and the wrong time and space have completely replaced reality, but...... I couldn't find anything other than the distortion of space-time. ”

"What about the 'intruders' who attacked here?" Duncan frowned, "That nun can't be here to fight the air, right?" ”

“…… There are no intruders," the dog sniffled—though it had no respiratory system, "no breath of living creatures, no breath of ghostly demons or spirit creatures." ”

Speaking of this, it paused, and added: "Please trust my judgment in this regard, the best thing the ghost hound is at hunting, and distinguishing the prey breath in the environment is the basic ability of a predator, unless ......"

Duncan raised an eyebrow: "Unless?" ”

The dog quickly looked around, as if suddenly becoming very cautious, and came to Duncan in a low voice: "Unless something in subspace has escaped...... I can't track that thing, but if it's really something in subspace, you should be more familiar than I am......"

When Duncan heard this, his face was expressionless: "I'm sorry, I'm really unfamiliar." ”

Ah Gou hurriedly lowered his head: "You...... If you say it's unfamiliar, it's ...... unfamiliar. ”

Duncan thought for a moment, he knew that Ah Dog definitely didn't believe his words, but he was really not familiar with subspace, but on the other hand, Ah Gou's words did remind him-

He recalled the chasm he had seen at a glance when he was looking at the statue of the Lady in the main hall of the church, the confusion of light and shadow that had leaked out of the fissure, and the strange sights he had seen at the bottom of the Lost Land.

Subspace ...... Is it really something from subspace that has escaped?

"If it's really something that came out of subspace...... Duncan frowned, as if talking to himself, "how could you break into this storm goddess's sanctuary directly?" Isn't this supposed to be the most defense-strong place? And judging from the traces of the scene, it is not like the intruder attacked from the outside, but more like he appeared directly in the temple and attacked outward......"

"I don't know," Gou shook his head, "The secret of the four major churches is the blind spot of the knowledge of the dark demons, and the subspace is a taboo recognized by the world, and even the terrorists will not snoop into this secret - in fact, in my eyes, human beings are simply a crazier race than demons in this field, they dare to study subspace, and nothing has happened for so many years......"

"Humans have always been a very bold race," Duncan said casually, and then looked at Ah Dog, "but I was a little surprised, the deep sea and subspace are close to each other, you dark demons are more afraid of that place than humans?" Isn't subspace the equivalent of your doorstep? ”

"The people who live next to the volcano don't like to drink magma," Ah Gou explained to the big guy with his head drooping, "We live on the edge of the subspace, so we know how terrible it is to fall into it better than humans." ”

Duncan pondered, and asked the question that he hadn't been able to ask last time: "...... That's why you're just as afraid of the Lost Nation as humans as you are about returning from subspace? ”

Ah Gou shrunk his neck and glanced at Duncan very carefully, as if he was afraid that talking about this topic would accidentally anger the owner of the Lost Country in front of him, but the big guy didn't dare not continue the topic he started, so he could only be honest: "Actually...... It wouldn't be so scary if the Lost Ship just returned from subspace, but the point is that the ship 'dropped' back from the real world from time to time in the initial period, just like oscillating between the two dimensions, constantly moving back and forth between the subspace and the real world......"

Duncan originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect to hear this kind of information, and his heart suddenly moved: "Oscillating between the real world and subspace? ”

"Yes, every time it directly penetrates the spirit world and the darkness, enveloping everything it encounters along the way, like a rampage cannonball," Ah Dog said this with obvious palpitations, "I still remember a terrible scene, the ship fell from the upper planes like an eternal fire meteor, the flames were wrapped in screaming humans and twisted hulls, those blind fighting demons scattered in terror and fled, but in the blink of an eye, they were swept into the flames by a huge force, It instantly fused with those humans into strange and twisted masses, and then was torn apart and sprinkled into the depths......

"The Lost Homeland smashed through all dimensions, fell into the depths of subspace, and then came out from under it two days later, and then ...... One more time. ”

The dog swallowed hard, and the sound of rough rubbing and corrosive substances surging came from his throat.

At that time, even some of the blind and dull demons stopped fighting for a short time, and every day they looked in the direction of the spirit world in a daze, fear and even overriding the fight, which became their new instinct...... And I was the one who had the deepest imprint of fear at that time. ”

Duncan listened blankly, and finally came up with a sentence after a while: "That...... I understand why you're so psychologically overshadowed. ”

Ah Gou boldly looked up at Duncan: "You...... Don't you know this? ”

Duncan almost didn't hold back his expression - he knew an X! He didn't do it! What kind of old pot do you have to carry yourself?!

But no matter how big the complaint is, he can only mumble two words in his heart, and in front of Ah Gou, he can only continue to keep a straight face: "...... Maybe I didn't pay attention. ”

Dog: "......"

Seeing the devastating appearance of this ghostly hound, Duncan sighed, and had to add: "I will pay attention to it later." ”

His tone was very sincere.

Ah Gou was so moved that he didn't dare to move.

Duncan himself was briefly pondered after this.

If what Ah Dog said is true, it means that he has lost his hometown...... Have you ever been completely out of control? It is not simply returning from subspace, but has been "oscillating" between the real world and subspace for quite some time?!

(End of chapter)